Oasis: Live Demonstration Tape (Extended & Remastered)

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In 1992, Oasis were an up-and-coming live act in Manchester, with a small following, but no signs of a record contract. Realising their potential, Oasis guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher contacted Tony Griffiths of the Liverpool band The Real People. The two had met on a North American tour with the Inspiral Carpets, on which The Real People had been the opening act and Gallagher had worked as a roadie. Gallagher asked him if Oasis could use their studio to produce a professional sounding demo which they could then send to record companies. Griffiths and his brother Chris claim to have taught the band a lot about recording songs during that period. Around a dozen songs were recorded at the studio at Dock Road, Liverpool in Spring 1993, of which six songs ended up on the final Live Demonstration Tape. The versions of "D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?" and "Married With Children" were recorded at the home of co-producer Mark Coyle.
Tracks 1 to 8 are all taken from the 2014 remastered, re-issue of the Live Demonstration Tape. Tracks 9 & 11 are sourced from a direct CD rip. Tracks 10, 12 - 18 are all taken from an mp3 download.
Tracklist:
01 - Cloudburst (Remastered)
02 - Columbia (Remastered)
03 - D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman (Remastered)
04 - Strange Thing (Remastered)
05 - Bring It On Down (Remastered)
06 - Married With Children (Remastered)
07 - Fade Away (Remastered)
08 - Rock 'n' Roll Star (Remastered)
09 - Alive (Demo)
10 - Cloudburst (Alternative Demo)
11 - Columbia (Alternative Demo)
12 - Bring It On Down (Alternative Demo)
13 - Rock 'n' Roll Star (Alternative Demo)
14 - Alive (Alternative Demo)
15 - Must Be The Music (Rehearsal)
16 - Comin' On Strong (Rehearsal)
17 - Lock All The Doors (Rehearsal)
18 - Strange Thing (Rehearsal)

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00:00 - Cloudburst (Remastered)
5:06 - Columbia (Remastered)
10:07 - D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman (Remastered)
12:47 - Strange Thing (Remastered)
18:00 - Bring It On Down (Remastered)
21:57 - Married With Children (Remastered)
25:04 - Fade Away (Remastered)
29:24 - Rock 'n' Roll Star (Remastered)
35:05 - Alive (Demo)
39:00 - Cloudburst (Alternative Demo)
43:29 - Columbia (Alternative Demo)
49:51 - Bring It On Down (Alternative Demo)
52:30 - Rock 'n' Roll Star (Alternative Demo)
57:48 - Alive (Alternative Demo)
1:02:04 - Must Be The Music (Rehearsal)
1:05:55 - Comin' On Strong (Rehearsal)
1:12:02 - Lock All The Doors (Rehearsal)
1:16:20 - Strange Thing (Rehearsal)

[@kw2142]

you are a saint!

[@awhatevermans]

Great to hear some new music from oasis! After all these years! Some of the ai stuff out there is ok but good to hear some music from the actual band!

[@bridlingtonengland75]

They had this CD in a small record shop in Shibuya in 2000. I passed on it because $30 (¥3500) seemed like a lot back then. I still regret it!

[@daniel79tj]

I always wanted a official release of that demo tape with that logo as a cover.

[@EDMLyfe]

There was one?

[@nowarchives1983]

@@EDMLyfe There was one in 2014 by Big Brother. Don't know how rare they are though.

[@RunOfTheHind]

@@nowarchives1983 £50 rare.

[@one2one1998]

​@@nowarchives1983Extremley rare I had bought one on ebay for not some crazy price but this was like 2015/16ish....I lost it when me & my ex split haven't seen it since.
The copies on ebay now are selling for mad prices! Which makes me severley regret packing up my stuff leaving in such a haste.

[@johnbrehm6866]

Fade Away and Alive... classics.

[@jamesthornton5566]

This version of Alive is mint. Love post punk Oasis.

[@pranavchaware]

No Slide Away?

[@crowkid5553]

That was made after the live demonstration tapes

[@hotrodjones74]

Biblical compilation! The vocal audio production makes it sound almost if the Beatles were singing Oasis songs. Hmm, interesting

[@KowalskiVanishingPoint]

The guitar on Columbia is just mega...

[@LeedsSupporter]

I can here Chris Griffiths from The Real People on this

[@crowkid5553]

He would've contributed in some of the songs

[@LeedsSupporter]

@@crowkid5553 Yes

[@BrunoHerbert_]

This is RARE. Masterpiece. Love Old, Pure and Gold Oasis.

[@roberttodd2414]

ha strange thing is blur's bang right? no wonder they never played it since

[@flo.rollercoaster]

Great sound. 93 demos.

[@andymarin6725]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GT380man]

Track two just rescues itself by a stupendous lead guitar riff. Where might have that have been heard from?
Why am I hearing old Mr Tony Benn, at the end?
Thank you, Mr Cool golf clubs!

[@andymarin6725]

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[@estebangarayaldefernandez177]

OASIS ME PARECEN VAMOS ESTOY SEGURO QUE ESTA EN LO MAS ALTO EN LA DECADA DE LOS 90'S

[@dylanjoseph0]

cool version of must be the music

[@awhatevermans]

This release is worth a million dollars . Better than what the Beatles are scratching together from some old recordings of John Lennon even tho that it still better than most.

[@hotrodjones74]

biblical

[@terrapin9ify]

❤thanks

[@kommissar.murphy]

These sound brilliant with the lofi punk sound.
How did we get from this to All Around The World?

[@daniel79tj]

lots of coke, fame and money

[@coolmusiciguess6285]

Actually there's a video somewhere of Oasis rehearsing All Around The World in like 1992 or 1993 (it was used in the supersonic documentary too I think)

[@matthewbanton7077]

@@coolmusiciguess6285 the song is one of the first written yeah, but it's not an overly poorly written song, it's just very repetitive and the production is terrible

[@theessay2530]

What happened to the old version of cloudburst

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

What do you mean?

[@dravendean8710]

?

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

@@dravendean8710 maybe the boardwalks version

[@theessay2530]

If you look up the original live demonstration tape there’s a different version of cloudburst

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

@@theessay2530 Thats on spotify i think its just the demo of the song.

[@crackandbooze]

That alternate version of cloudburst rocks!